Gillian Cowley
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Gillian Margaret "Gill" Cowley (born July 8, 1955 in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia) is a former hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1]
Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team[failed verification]. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games. The team became known as the "Golden Girls."[2]
References
- OCLC 815668821.
- ^ Bulla, Fatima (12 April 2015). "#1980SoFarSoGood: So Zimbabwe, so gold!…Golden Girl relives 1980 Moscow Olympics | The Sunday Mail". www.sundaymail.co.zw. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
External links
- Gillian Cowley at Olympedia
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gill Cowley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
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